Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Egelina's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Amber (90 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A 5'3" northern woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white fur is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Ethereal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 29000 sp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Mason kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a violet small hat and violet clothes. She carries a battered club and tarnished kukri as well. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Aline and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears brown trousers with black and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aura was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Meriele grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Meriele. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 360 gp.